The Brothers Karamazov (Russian: Братья Карамазовы) is the final novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky, and is generally considered the culmination of his life's work. The book portrays a parricide in which each of a murdered man's sons share a varying degree of complicity. The Brothers Karamazov is a passionate philosophical novel that explores deep into the ethical debates of God, free will, and morality. It is a spiritual drama of moral struggles concerning faith, doubt, reason, and modern Russia. Since its publication, it has been acclaimed all over the world by thinkers as diverse as Sigmund Freud, Albert Einstein, and Pope Benedict XVI as one of the supreme achievements in literature.
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
01 - Book 1 Chapter 1 - Fyodor Pavlovitch Karamazov
07:53 - Chapter 2
02 - Book 1 Chapter 2 - He Gets Rid of His Oldest Son
06:54 - Chapter 3
03 - Book 1 Chapter 3 - The Second Marrage And The Second Family
14:25 - Chapter 4
04 - Book 1 Chapter 4 - The Third Son, Alyosha
25:21 - Chapter 5
05 - Book 1 Chapter 5 - Elders
19:53 - Chapter 6
06 - Book 2 Chapter 1 - They Arrive at the Monastery
10:41 - Chapter 7
07 - Book 2 Chapter 2 - The Old Buffoon
21:47 - Chapter 8
08 - Book 2 Chapter 3 - Peasant Women Who Have Faith
20:03 - Chapter 9
09 - Book 2 Chapter 4 - A Lady of Little Faith
18:28 - Chapter 10
10 - Book 2 Chapter 5 - So Be it! So Be It!
24:40 - Chapter 11
11 - Book 2 Chapter 6 - Why Is Such a Man Alive?
25:56 - Chapter 12
12 - Book 2 Chapter 7 - A Young Man Bent on a Career
22:13 - Chapter 13
13 - Book 2 Chapter 8 - The Scandalous Scene
21:36 - Chapter 14
14 - Book 3 Chapter 1 - In the Servants' Quarters
13:50 - Chapter 15
15 - Book 3 Chapter 2 - Lizaveta
09:58 - Chapter 16
16 - Book 3 Chapter 3 - Confession of an Ardent Heart - in Verse
20:09 - Chapter 17
17 - Book 3 Chapter 4 - Confession of an Ardent Heart - in Anecdote
20:27 - Chapter 18
18 - Book 3 Chapter 5 - The Confession of a Passionate Heart - 'Heels Up'
17:44 - Chapter 19
19 - Book 3 Chapter 6 - Smerdyakov
13:31 - Chapter 20
20 - Book 3 Chapter 7 - The Controversy
14:37 - Chapter 21
21 - Book 3 Chapter 8 - Over the Brandy
18:32 - Chapter 22
22 - Book 3 Chapter 9 - The Sensualists
14:22 - Chapter 23
23 - Book 3 Chapter 10 - Both Together
30:17 - Chapter 24
24 - Book 3 Chapter 11 - Another Reputation Ruined
20:21 - Chapter 25
25 - Book 4 Chapter 1 - Father Ferapont
25:50 - Chapter 26
26 - Book 4 Chapter 2 - At His Father's
12:24 - Chapter 27
27 - Book 4 Chapter 3 - A Meeting with the Schoolboys
14:43 - Chapter 28
28 - Book 4 Chapter 4 - At the Hohlakovs'
14:55 - Chapter 29
29 - Book 4 Chapter 5 - A Laceration in the Drawing-Room
34:39 - Chapter 30
30 - Book 4 Chapter 6 - A Laceration in the Cottage
22:10 - Chapter 31
31 - Book 4 Chapter 7 - And in the Open Air
26:18 - Chapter 32
32 - Book 5 Chapter 1 - The Engagement
24:23 - Chapter 33
33 - Book 5 Chapter 2 - Smerdyakov with a Guitar
16:41 - Chapter 34
34 - Book 5 Chapter 3 - The Brothers Make Friends
22:19 - Chapter 35
35 - Book 5 Chapter 4 - Rebellion
36:55 - Chapter 36
36 - Book 5 Chapter 5 - The Grand Inquisitor
59:15 - Chapter 37
37 - Book 5 Chapter 6 - For Awhile a Very Obscure One
26:14 - Chapter 38
38 - Book 5 Chapter 7 - 'It's Always Worth While Speaking to a Clever Man'
21:25 - Chapter 39
39 - Book 6, Chapter 1 - Father Zossima and His Visitors
41:00 - Chapter 40
40 - Book 6 Chapter 2 - The Duel
56:05 - Chapter 41
41 - Book 6 Chapter 3 - Conversations and Exhortations of Father Zossima
43:01 - Chapter 42
42 - Book 7 Chapter 1 - The Breath of Corruption
34:04 - Chapter 43
43 - Book 7 Chapter 2 - A Critical Moment
16:02 - Chapter 44
44 - Book 7 Chapter 3 - An Onion
45:16 - Chapter 45
45 - Book 7 Chapter 4 - Cana of Galilee
11:54 - Chapter 46
46 - Book 8 Chapter 1 - Kuzma Samsonov
32:08 - Chapter 47
47 - Book 8 Chapter 2 - Lyagavy
17:58 - Chapter 48
48 - Book 8 Chapter 3 - Gold-Mines
28:36 - Chapter 49
49 - Book 8 Chapter 4 - In the Dark
14:24 - Chapter 50
50 - Book 8 Chapter 5 - A Sudden Resolution
35:42 - Chapter 51
51 - Book 8 Chapter 6 - 'I Am Coming, too!'
19:13 - Chapter 52
52 - Book 8 Chapter 7 - The First and Rightful Lover
43:35 - Chapter 53
53 - Book 8 Chapter 8 - Delirium
33:08 - Chapter 54
54 - Book 9 Chapter 1 - The Beginning of Perhotin's Official Career
15:46 - Chapter 55
55 - Book 9 Chapter 2 - The Alarm
18:34 - Chapter 56
56 - Book 9 Chapter 3 - The Sufferings of a Soul, the First Ordeal
21:18 - Chapter 57
57 - Book 9 Chapter 4 - The Second Ordeal
20:48 - Chapter 58
58 - Book 9 Chapter 5 - The Third Ordeal
30:33 - Chapter 59
59 - Book 9 Chapter 6 - The Prosecutor Catches Mitya
17:53 - Chapter 60
60 - Book 9 Chapter 7 - Mitya's Great Secret. Received with Hisses
25:01 - Chapter 61
61 - Book 9 Chapter 8 - The Evidences of the Witnesses. The Babe
23:16 - Chapter 62
62 - Book 9 Chapter 9 - They Carry Mitya Away
10:16 - Chapter 63
63 - Book 10 Chapter 1 - Kolya Krassotkin
13:14 - Chapter 64
64 - Book 10 Chapter 2 - Children
13:53 - Chapter 65
65 - Book 10 Chapter 3 - The Schoolboy
17:06 - Chapter 66
66 - Book 10 Chapter 4 - The Lost Dog
17:38 - Chapter 67
67 - Book 10 Chapter 5 - By Ilusha's Bedside
38:50 - Chapter 68
68 - Book 10 Chapter 6 - Precocity
16:22 - Chapter 69
69 - Book 10 Chapter 7 - Ilusha
09:15 - Chapter 70
70 - Book 11 Chapter 1 - At Grushenka's
26:14 - Chapter 71
71 - Book 11 Chapter 2 - The Injured Foot
28:39 - Chapter 72
72 - Book 11 Chapter 3 - A Little Demon
17:51 - Chapter 73
73 - Book 11 Chapter 4 - A Hymn and a Secret
35:13 - Chapter 74
74 - Book 11 Chapter 5 - Not You, Not You!
21:07 - Chapter 75
75 - Book 11 Chapter 6 - The First Interview with Smerdyakov
26:57 - Chapter 76
76 - Book 11 Chapter 7 - The Second Visit to Smerdyakov
25:46 - Chapter 77
77 - Book 11 Chapter 8 - The Third and Last Interview with Smerdyakov
40:54 - Chapter 78
78 - Book 11 Chapter 9 - The Devil. Ivan's Nightmare
53:47 - Chapter 79
79 - Book 11 Chapter 10 - 'It Was He Who Said That'
15:55 - Chapter 80
80 - Book 12 Chapter 1 - The Fatal Day
21:25 - Chapter 81
81 - Book 12 Chapter 2 - Dangerous Witnesses
27:52 - Chapter 82
82 - Book 12 Chapter 3 - The Medical Experts and a Pound of Nuts
17:18 - Chapter 83
83 - Book 12 Chapter 4 - Fortune Smiles on Mitya
28:50 - Chapter 84
84 - Book 12 Chapter 5 - A Sudden Catastrophe
29:55 - Chapter 85
85 - Book 12 Chapter 6 - The Prosecutor's Speech. Sketches of Character
32:43 - Chapter 86
86 - Book 12 Chapter 7 - An Historical Survey
15:31 - Chapter 87
87 - Book 12 Chapter 8 - A Treatise on Smerdyakov
30:13 - Chapter 88
88 - Book 12 Chapter 9 - The Galloping Troika. The End of the Prosecutor's Speech
36:06 - Chapter 89
89 - Book 12 Chapter 10 - The Speech for the Defence. An Argument that Cuts Both Ways
14:06 - Chapter 90
90 - Book 12 Chapter 11 - There Was No Money. There Was No Robbery
22:11 - Chapter 91
91 - Book 12 Chapter 12 - And There Was No Murder Either
27:58 - Chapter 92
92 - Book 12 Chapter 13 - A Corrupter of Thought
26:53 - Chapter 93
93 - Book 12 Chapter 14 - The Peasants Stand Firm
21:16 - Chapter 94
94 - Epilogue Chapter 1 - Plans for Mitya's Escape
13:30 - Chapter 95
95 - Epilogue Chapter 2 - For a Moment the Lie Becomes Truth
21:09 - Chapter 96
96 - Epilogue Chapter 3 - Ilusha's Funeral. The Speech at the Stone
22:20